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Lt. Gen. Robert D. McMurry, is Commander, Air Force Life
Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,
Ohio. The organization is the single center responsible for total
life cycle management covering all aircraft, engines, munitions
and electronic systems.
General McMurry entered the Air Force in 1984 through the
University of Texas ROTC program. He has served in a variety of
engineering, program management, staff and command positions
within Air Combat Command, Office of the Assistant Secretary
of the Air Force for Acquisition, Air Force Materiel Command,
Air Force Space Command and the Missile Defense Agency. He
commanded the 508th Aircraft Sustainment Group, Ogden Air
Logistics Center, Hill AFB, Utah, and the Airborne Laser Systems
Program Office, Aeronautical Systems Center, Kirtland AFB, New
Mexico. He was the Director, Iraq Security Assistance Mission
in Baghdad. He also served as Space Programs Director for the
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition,
Washington, D.C., and Vice Commander, Space and Missile Sys-
tems Center, Los Angeles AFB, California.
Prior to assuming his current position, General McMurry was
Commander, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson
AFB, Ohio.
SUSTAINING OPERABILITY
FROM PROCUREMENT
TO REALIGNMENT
A&M: Speak to your role as AFLCMC Commander and your primary areas
of focus.
Lt. Gen. McMurry: A few years back, Air Force Materiel Command made
the decision to create a single organization focused on the entire life
cycle for all fly (e.g. F-22, B-1, C-17, Global Hawk, etc.) and non-fly (e.g.
munitions, C2 systems, etc.) systems in the inventory. We are talking
from inception, to setting requirements, developing, acquiring and
fielding, sustaining and modernizing when necessary until the system is
no longer needed and is retired. We like to call it cradle to grave and the
command saw an opportunity for real efficiencies by having that single
organization with eyes on target.
So now is the time for all the lofty talk about promises goes away
and people begin to expect results.
And I think the evidence shows that we are producing real results
for the warfighter. Just about any day of the week you can turn on the
television and see the Air Force in action, flying combat missions over
Afghanistan and Syria, conducing intelligence, surveillance and recon-
naissance in dozens of spots around the globe, flying humanitarian mis-
sions into Central America and the Caribbean – all using aircraft, pallets,
uniforms, meals – all things that were acquired by AFLCMC. Simply put,
none of those missions can happen without the work of the total force
team of military, Air Force civilians, and contractors in AFLCMC.
A&M: How can you best impact the mission of your organization?
Lt. Gen. McMurry: The Life Cycle Management Center Mission is
primarily focused on a train, organize and equip role to support the
Program Executive Officers. Our goal is to have the right people, with the
right training, in the right organizations executing critical acquisitions
and product support for the world's best air, space, and cyberspace
force.
This entails recruiting, training, managing and retaining a team
with the acquisition, contracting, financial management and engineer-
ing expertise, plus a whole bunch of other enabling skill sets.
All those skills sets combined results in world-class weapon
systems. It's basically about getting the right mix so those people
can buy systems that meet all performance requirements, on cost
and on schedule.
Lt. Gen. Robert McMurry
Commander
U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
(AFLCMC)
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
COMMANDER'S CORNER
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